Reader's Guide

Thursday, December 23, 2004

Coming soon: The Year of the Rooster

The year 2005, for those keeping track, will be the Year of the Rooster, the tenth of 12 animals in the rotation of the Oriental Zodiac. You'll find a rubber chicken adorning the home page of writepath.com (http://www.writepath.com), where we note some -- but not all -- of the characteristics of those born in the Year of the Cock. Different parts of the Orient take this more seriously than others. Some people regard the signs and directions of the Oriental zodiac with much more seriousness than the most earnest of astrology believers. But you may want to take it with a grain of salt, or, seasonally speaking, a bit of sauce (http://www.hotsauceworld.com/chyochwisaru.html). Basically, zodiac charts and astrology charts give advice as good as you'll find in the typical newspaper advice column.
However you choose, though, we hope you have a happy New Year. (We'll also wish you a Merry Christmas, and hope you'll take that in the spirit in which it is intended, regardless of your religious perspective (or lack of same).

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Great Thoughts of the Moment

"Arguing with a zealot is only slightly easier than tunneling through a mountain with your forehead."

"You can live for many causes, but you can only die for one. Pick that one very carefully."

"Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now."

"Hyenas laugh becasue they know what's coming next."

"When I was 5 years old my mom told me the key to life is happiness. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wrote down "Happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they didnt understand life."

"Gun control is being able to hit your target."

"Going to church, temple, mosque or synagogue doesn't make you religious any more than standing in a garage makes you a car."

"Some people are alive today only because it's illegal to shoot them."

"The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes."

"Never take yourself too seriously, and mock those who do."

"Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling. "

"When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. "

``Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.''

"Sacred cows make the best hamburger. "

"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers. "

"Procrastination gives you something to look forward to."

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices"

"It takes 46 muscles to frown but only four to flip 'em the bird."

"Even the fear of death is nothing compared to the fear of not having lived authentically and fully."

"Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer. "

''Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

''The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.''

"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm."

"The fisherman knows that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.'' (Vincent Van Gogh)"